Online Gambling Rises in Denmark for 2016

Sun, Mar 19, 2017

Yearly figures for the Danish market show that online gambling helped increase overall gambling revenue 13 percent for 2016. The country saw $5.3 billion in revenue from sports betting and online gambling.

Denmark saw a 24 percent increase in online gambling revenue for 2016 according to figure’s released by Danish gambling regulators.

The regulator, Spillemyndigheden, said the expansion of online casinos was a key factor in increasing gambling revenue for the year. Online gambling and sports betting took in $5.3 billion for 2016, up 13 percent over 2015.

Online casino revenue was up 24 percent in 2016 to about $200 million. About 72 percent of online play was on online slots. Online poker was down about 10 percent from 2015.

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